Transn is a new-type Internet & IT-based language service supplier as well as a language service provider ranking 7th in Asia and 33rd in the world. We are committed to becoming a virtual language department (VLD) and multilingual work platform for customers, enabling them to directly communicate with the world in their native languages, sharpening their international competitiveness, and boosting the globalization of Chinese enterprises.

We have initiated the new service format of "iLangNet" globally to meet market demands by organically integrating resources, technologies and service capacity, and to provide specialized services in fields such as international engineering, equipment manufacturing, film & TV culture, foreign trade export, cultural consultation and service outsourcing. With the service format of "one network, multiple ports", based in Wuhan, we have established "multilingual information ports" in many cities, mobilizing global language resources to serve local customers and local economies.

With over 800 employees and managing over 30,000 freelance translators worldwide, we have processed over 8.5 billion words in total. Guided by the service philosophy of "professionalism, integrity, timeliness and appreciation", we have successfully provided service for the Beijing Olympic Games, Shanghai World Expo, Guangzhou Asian Games, Shenzhen Universiade, CCTV and an array of national key overseas projects, and have developed a distinctive competitive edge in over 50 fields such as petroleum, petrochemicals, the automobile industry, law, communications, publications, conventions & exhibitions, resources, electricity, education and media, and over 30 languages such as English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

We are among the first group of model enterprises for modern service industry innovation and national high-tech enterprises accredited by the Ministry of Science and Technology, an ISO9001-certified language service provider, a pilot enterprise in culture-technology integration, as well as an "outstanding member" of the Translators Association of China. We have won the awards for special contributions to the Chinese translation industry.

We have undertaken a project under the National Key Technology R & D Program and a project among the first group of integrated modern service pilot projects as mentioned in the 12th Five Year Plan. Our independent innovative "cloud translation service platform" was honored by CSIP as a cloud computing solution based on secure and controllable software and hardware. Through technical R & D and innovation, we obtained the National Software Product Certificate and the National Software Enterprise Certificate, and have been listed among Hubei's pilot innovation cities and Wuhan's ten model technological innovation enterprises. Also, we have owned 87 patents for invention and 48 software copyrights.

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